Robert Sternfels is an American businessman who is the global managing partner of McKinsey & Company since July 2021.

[1][2] After growing up in Lodi, California in San Joaquin County,[3] Sternfels studied history and economics at Stanford University, where he was a member of the NCAA Division I varsity water polo team.

[4][5] He went on to further study at Worcester College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar.

While originally intending to read international law, he ended up studying towards an undergraduate degree in philosophy, politics and economics.

[1][6][7] Sternfels joined McKinsey upon graduating from Oxford University in 1994.